About us

Innovate Lancashire enables innovative businesses to grow; facilitates new industry collaborations and commercial partnerships; promotes the county’s world-class R&D and knowledge transfer capabilities; helps to boost tech skills and increase digital expertise; and showcases Lancashire’s high value, high growth innovation ecosystem.

In addition to its own events, collaborations and business engagement initiatives, Innovate Lancashire funds the Lancashire Digital Hub Digital & Tech Ecosystem programme and the Fraser House tech Hub in Lancaster. It also developed the fhunded early-stage investment initiative, putting Lancashire firmly on the early-stage tech investment map.

What We Do

We accelerate innovation across Lancashire to drive economic growth and increase inward investment – joining the dots, building networks, and facilitating new collaborations on a local, regional and national level.

Who We Work With

We work across Lancashire’s innovation ecosystem, bringing together businesses, universities, public agencies, government departments, entrepreneurs, investors and many other partners.

Our Roadmap

Our work is aligned to the Lancashire Innovation Plan, a five- year economic development strategy which underpins the Lancashire Combined County Authority’s Growth Plan.

We are accountable to the Lancashire Innovation Board, an advisory group made up of senior professionals drawn from the private, public and academic sectors. The Lancashire Innovation Board also is a subgroup of the Lancashire Business Board.